New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1887-08-13
The TALK OF THE DAY.

A pretty Nebraska widow who had ensDared the
affections of many respectable farmers living near
Wyman was recently ordered TO leave the county by
band of regulators" under Tenaty of coat OF tar
and feathers. Nothing daunted by the threat the
widow bought a dJuble-barrcl shotgun and awaited
Developments. When tho "regu atOrS' approached
the house to carry out their threats. the sight of
loaded gun POINTING from Of the windows deterreo
them and one OF the number, In adm!i alton OF The
woman's luck advanced under a hay Of truce, pro-
posed marriage and was accepted on the spot Then
parson called in. the marriage was &c ebfated aho
tho night wound up with round Of festivities
John GreIish Of Toronto. who sentenced to
twenty-five lashes on the AID received them
says he would rather tale three year. imprsonmcnt
than another such beating. lie thought he couIo re-
press a sigh, but at the third strohe ne yeheo
for mercy.
over half a million dollars worth Of diamonds are
depo- ed IN the safe Of one hotel IN Saratoga every
night and over twenty peop.e sit W TO see tnat the
nigh clerk d0esn make a break FOR the Depot
Detroit Free Press.
Sunday mornings frost In New-Hampshre seems to
have destroyed tho Delaware peach crop until further
notice.
An earthquake and the Tolllver feud were both
loose in Kentucky at the same tlme but CAUTIOUSLY "
Trained from tacbng each othef'-'oih fiaho'''0 i0
A law was recently passed by the Ohio legislature
dec airing that the husband the head oi the iam-
ily UntiI that act Is signed by all tho women II
will be ino eratye then Is likely to prove
dead letter
A jamestown photographer claims to have taken
excellent pictures OF eye one wnicn ah7 {6e
In that vicinity recently. When we see one Vi mem
wo Will good IL al more like believing INC SUD-,
photographer who can 20 out ana SET " ma hid
and face cyclone and make IL oon pr t9'. a, ~
little higher ana Keep sun iohg ehousn "
have its picture taken must have iots oi nerve
wall waila Union.
King Kalakaua IA writing q book. Revenge Il
swcct.-tCincinnati Enquirer
Deccptions of all kinds are said 10 be praclsed by
Fr,nch-Ca ana Ian families and mi Fhans III eaien'
Mass In order " conceal the age oil children 'oo
young to WORK from the inspectors Lately however
a member Of the local school board dentist hit upon
a means Of overcoming the obstacle ana now I'D
doubtful Instances, the ehld il ordered To oren It's
mouth II no moar due at the age Of eleven. can De
discovered il must 20 school in spite OF all pro-
tcstauons.
General Miles gets 81 900 dollar sword for clean
ing ont Geronimo from the grateful citizens Oi Arr
coma who realize that their scaiPs arc SUI VII VAIL
heads Hartford POST
Tacoma wv. IT, jury failed TO agree upon cas-"
O, deadly assault. and eleven members seneo paio
stating that the do not consider the one oosu
nate man a qualified juror; that no Is essenuahy
lacking in certain qualifications necessary to const-
tute n good Juror We would, therefore. ask that I'D
uahInr M the juryst In future for this county his
name be left OIL"
The first Presidential candidate who comes out VIVID
the announcement that he Is IN the hands 81 S nls
That's what a politicians friends are for'-N
Free Press.
Tho gold he'd by the Treasury in Its vaults az
Washington weighs SO tons II packed into Oru-
nary carts one ton each cart, 1t would make pro-
c,ssion two miles long, allowing twenty feet Oh space
for the movement Of each hCrse and cart The silver
IN tho same vaults weighs 1906 Measuring II
I'm cart. "a I'm the case Of the gold It would require
the services Of 1896 horses and carts to transport
and would make procession over twenty-one miles
In length.
Tho new American bank In china will have an ea ,Gs
principle Of heads win' taels you lose !-toPri"S
field Union
The public debt reached its highest point in Au-
gust 1865, Just twenty-five years ago, wheh IL was
So 3s1 SO, 205 1t Is now. not including the facH'
Railroad bonds 1.O01,076,s5O In other wordS NOR"
than one-haf Of the debt has been paid within that
period 1t has been reduced at the average rate u
So 7O6o75 each year. So,225.5sl each month";
s17lls6 each day, 1929 each hour and STU a.
for every minute Of tho entire twenty-five years.
While the lad" man Of "The Darlington wis., Re-
canarv the bird few In az tho window and alshted
on his case. And yet some people say lhaI au'ei"'
Ing does not pay.-(NashNle American
Tho season for the capture Of "wild men" Is at It's
height and the sea-serpent will have to hide Its dimn-
ished head. dispatch from oakland H. announces
the catch OF "vertable wild man. in Sargent TOWN
in length and from appearances 1t had not peep
combed for years. His beard was fully two ieee Id
length and covered all of his lace His language was
uninte llgible and trace OF where he came from
can be discovered 1t took the combined strength o.
a dozen men to hold him In order to bind his haho'
and feet"
paracranh Is going tho rounds to the effect that
pufyaio Rllpa laughter Is inclined to be pretty Wei
that's likely true Most everybody e'se's daughter
has the same sort Of al NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. A''A
| Mrs. Johnson OF Perry Iowa. has four children ano
n husband to look after and yet she found tune ias'
wear 10 raise 1000 skworms. besides running an ID
cubator and Matching seventyfNe per cent of fertile
eggs doing her own housework and gong one mlie
into the country for mulberry leaves TO feeo the SILK
worms
Jeremiah, did you bring that hunk OF 0eomarga
ripe from town with you :" inquired Farmer OOsneIn
| "Yes, father" oven. IS drop IL Inter the churI
and call out the summer boardcrs o"~e'"